Re: [ST] Old bikes

[JUSTIN SHREAVES <wyckoffjustin@xxxxxxxxx>]

My ol' 74 Honda CB450K3.. What a great bike. Ran forever, kick + electric start, and never had a worry in the world with it sitting behind the garage for storage. Just turn the key on, give her 2 good kicks, and away you go. Batteries never did a thing for the electric start, leaked out the crankcase oil 3 days after the oil change everytime, and the solid disc that took 5 times the distance to stop than my ST. But, all you ever had to do to that bike was gas it up, and make sure there was a few pounds of air in the tubes. The motor would be clunking away, dry from the oil leaks, and never yell at you when you wanted to ride. 

Jeremy Witt <jeremyw@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:  Neither do I. The 82 Suzuki GS550 I started on (waaaaaaay back in
2000!) had a really bad habit of shaking off nuts and bolts, epecially
the shifter. But the worst was the coils that, randomly made it an
in-line 2....4.......2..4.....2.......4.2.4.....2...4 cylinder.
Research on the Internet showed "they all did that". 

So happy when the 2804 mile Hawk GT came along! That's the soft-spot
bike I'll be remembering when I'm 90! 

Jeremy Witt
Field Engineer
Corrugated Networking Services Inc.
Office: 603-703-0365


-----Original Message-----
From: st-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:st-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Chris Harwood
Sent: Friday, March 10, 2006 5:21 AM
To: ST@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [ST] Old bikes

I don't relish my first bike. It was a used BSA Barracuda (Starfire for
the British market I believe) and it had a VERY nasty habit of dropping
me on the road with my knee locked-out when kick-starting! It didn't
matter if you jiggled it at the top to make sure it was engaged, it
would give no warning whatsoever.

Small wonder I never passed my test on it. I arrived 5 minutes late
(not smart in the UK) and completely knackered from half an hour of
trying to start it. I'm sure it was only my exhaustion that persuaded
the examiner to let me try. Anyway, I locked the rear on the emergency
stop (mostly because the front brake did nothing on that model).

Fortunately in those days you didn't need to pass your test as you could
ride a 250 indefinately on 'L' plates.

Chris Harwood
00 RS

>>> eoinkirwan@xxxxxxxxxx 10/03/2006 00:26:33 >>>

I think most of us retain a soft spot for our first bike, no matter what
it 
was. Mine was fun to ride if you weren't in a hurry, it was daylight,
the 
wind was behind you and there wasn't any traffic on your tail...
Struggling 
at 40mph flat-out into a strong headwind with a trail of impatient
cagers 
behind you and that crappy headlamp to see by, was less than fun!

I did see 70mph on the clock once - just before burning a hole in the 
piston...


Eoin.


'04 ST955i
'90 GPz900R
ex... a few
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